Margaret Arnold
Margaret Arnold
developing turned ways
In many ways this is turned into a developing country,
happening shocked
I am shocked that this is happening in the U.S.
clear client countries effective rapid response
One thing we tell our client countries is to have clear institutional arrangements in place for having rapid response and effective coordination,
coping gone hardest hit homes mechanisms poor rebuild regain
It is the poor that are hit the hardest and they have the least coping mechanisms and probably don't have insurance. Their homes are completely gone and they probably won't be able to rebuild and regain their livelihoods.
opportunity time trying
In (the) tsunami-affected region, we are trying to do that, to say 'This is an opportunity to go about things the right way and take the time to do it right.
emergency federal fema homeland management obviously respond security since test work
This has been the first real test since FEMA (U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency) was put under Homeland Security and obviously it didn't work and I think they will want to reexamine how they respond to disasters.